Articles & Tutorials 
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Want to make your app look as good as Media Player or Winamp? This tutoral hopes to get you going to a fully skinned killer app!. 
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The API programming series is a set of articles dealing with a common theme: API programming in Visual Basic. Though there are no hard and fast rules regarding the content of these articles, generally one article can be expected to contain explanation of one or more API calls with generously commented code snippets. Depending on the subject, these code samples may expand to become a full-fledged application.
In this article we see how to bring a window to top..
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Nizar Diamond Ali demonstrates how to create your own image viewer in Visual Basic 6.
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With the rich textbox control saving, loading, changing fonts, and much more has become very simple. This tutorial takes you through the basic commands available to you..
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Ever wanted to create a 'tree' in your application, like in explorer? This tutorial shows you how to use the TreeView control to do just that!.
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Finally... After much demand, a tutorial by James Crowley on how to use the WinSock Control for network communication..
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How to use the ComboBox control..
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How to use the Data Control to add database functionality to your program..
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This tutorial explains all you need to know about customizing forms in VB..
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How to use the label control..
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An extensive tutorial on using the ListView control, covering items, icons, headers, background images and more..
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How to use the picturebox control to display/load images, and act as a container..
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How to use the TextBox control in VB to provide user input..
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Add a fully functional toolbar to your application in minutes after reading this tutorial on the Microsoft Toolbar control..
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Learn how to use the Windows Media Player in your VB project..
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Learn everything you need to know about using the ADO Data Control.
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Want to show an open/save dialog, let the user pick a colour, or show the print dialog? This tutorial shows you how, using the Common Dialog Control..
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This tutorial shows you how to use the three 'explorer' controls, so you can create your own open dialog, or browser program..
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If you want to use images in the other standard VB controls, you need to know how to use the ImageList control. Here's how..
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How to use the standard listbox control..
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Everything you ever wanted to know about menus..
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An extensive tutorial on the RichTextBox control covering load/saving, formatting, tab stops, printing, finding and replacing, view modes, multiple undo/redo, url detection and more..
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How to use the Timer control to regularly trigger code at a specified interval..
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The Microsoft WebBrowser control makes it easy for you to create your own web browser, however documentation on it is sparse... This tutorial gets you started on its main features..
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Learn how to send and receive commands through the Com using the MSComm control, getting the available com ports, handshaking and more..
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Technical Information on COM ports..
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Learn about ADO in VB and ASP, and how to create connectionless recordsets in this tutorial from Tarhoni of Wali Systems Inc..
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How to use the SocketWrench control for Windows socket (TCP/IP) programming.
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Ever wanted to add a 'splash screen' like Word as it loads? This tutorial shows you how..
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How to use the SendKeys command..